Lactose Intolerance
Discussion
I've recently discovered I can no longer drink significant amounts of milk without becoming a bloated fart-machine, which is apparently due to lactose intolerance.
Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than
soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?
Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than
soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?Neil_H said:
I've recently discovered I can no longer drink significant amounts of milk without becoming a bloated fart-machine, which is apparently due to lactose intolerance.
Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?
Brother suffers from it. Fridge is full of this. Enjoy.Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than
soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?
Neil_H said:
I've recently discovered I can no longer drink significant amounts of milk without becoming a bloated fart-machine, which is apparently due to lactose intolerance.
Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?
Join the club Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than
soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?
You can get milk with the lactose removed - Lactofree
here
Neil_H said:
I've recently discovered I can no longer drink significant amounts of milk without becoming a bloated fart-machine, which is apparently due to lactose intolerance.
Is it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?
How much is that? maybe dont dink loads of it :PIs it treatable in any way, or the usual course of action for it? Obviously avoiding dairy products is the first step, but having been brought up on a dairy farm it's quite difficult for me.
What are the alternatives? Is there anything I can have with cereal other than
soya milk? I'm thinking lactose-free milk if such a thing exists?sorry not helping. Lacto free milk is the way for you as others have posted
I had the same problem a year or so ago......one of my friends gave me some homeopathic tablets that apparently replenish the bacteria required to process the lactose. A month or so of taking these and I was back drinking pints of milk again.
Just out of interest you haven't recently swapped from dinking fresh unpasteurised milk to the supermarket bought variety have you?
Forgot to say I look out the name of the tablets and post back tomorrow.
Just out of interest you haven't recently swapped from dinking fresh unpasteurised milk to the supermarket bought variety have you?
Forgot to say I look out the name of the tablets and post back tomorrow.
Edited by JayBM on Thursday 27th November 16:58
Thanks for the suggestions. I used to have museli and a nice big latte for breakfast 
so maybe half a pint or so, but would get stomach cramps later in the day - after toast and a much less milky coffee, I'm fine.
I'll grab some of that Lactofree - and no, no Chinese, I'm an English/ Irish mongrel.
Just reading about it on Wikipedia, it appears that almost everyone in the West gets it to some degree as they get older.
so maybe half a pint or so, but would get stomach cramps later in the day - after toast and a much less milky coffee, I'm fine.I'll grab some of that Lactofree - and no, no Chinese, I'm an English/ Irish mongrel.
Just reading about it on Wikipedia, it appears that almost everyone in the West gets it to some degree as they get older.
hmm i also suffer with this if i drink milkshakes or just milk or yoghurts but in tea and coffee im fine, but i also get these symptoms from salad peppers now when i eat even the smallest bit of pepper i really can clear the hole of a suburban town never mind the house!!! 
it can be funny but the stomach cramps and stinky poos are not that much fun!!
it can be funny but the stomach cramps and stinky poos are not that much fun!!Lactofree just tastes like normal milk to me. Obviously much more expensive.
Ex-GF had this quite badly, and quite a lot of food has dairy in too. She took some tablets from Holland & Barrett which had some sort of lactose enzyme in, said it helped when eating foods you know might have some dairy in.
Ex-GF had this quite badly, and quite a lot of food has dairy in too. She took some tablets from Holland & Barrett which had some sort of lactose enzyme in, said it helped when eating foods you know might have some dairy in.
Hi, sorry to hear this. I know how you feel, I'm allergic to all dairy products and it's a pain as I love cappuccino's!
On cereal I find the nicest thing is rice milk by 'rice dream'. If you're a coffee fiend like me you may find the apple-sweetened variety of soya (Alpro) the best for cappuccino and the unsweetened in tea is better. Alpro is the best for taste because it has no added flavours which spoil your tea.
I hated soya milk when I first tried it BUT stick with it as you definitely get used to the taste, start by using a small amount in tea till your taste buds adjust.. trust me..they will.
Hope this helps,
Mrs allegro
On cereal I find the nicest thing is rice milk by 'rice dream'. If you're a coffee fiend like me you may find the apple-sweetened variety of soya (Alpro) the best for cappuccino and the unsweetened in tea is better. Alpro is the best for taste because it has no added flavours which spoil your tea.
I hated soya milk when I first tried it BUT stick with it as you definitely get used to the taste, start by using a small amount in tea till your taste buds adjust.. trust me..they will.
Hope this helps,
Mrs allegro
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